Transferring a dictionary from one Pocketbook to another

Lykke · 08-10-2019, 07:34 AM

One of my friends recently got a Touch Lux 3,and while I have the same model, hers was produced only a year ago and mine in 2016. I've been missing an English to Norwegian dictionary, and she has one on her newer model, but I don't. Is there a way to transfer a dictionary from one device to another?

rkomar · 08-10-2019, 09:34 AM

No. The commercial dictionaries have license files tied to the device, specifically to stop what you are asking for.

Lykke · 08-10-2019, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkomar

No. The commercial dictionaries have license files tied to the device, specifically to stop what you are asking for.

That's what I thought. I guess anything else would be pirating. And in hindsight, I see that my question could be interpreted as a question about how to pirate these books. Sorry about that.

I've sent a question to Pocketbook support, asking whether it's possible to buy this dictionary. I can't see it on Bookland, so I doubt it, but maybe I'll get lucky.

rkomar · 08-10-2019, 11:53 AM

I did not mean to sound like I was accusing you of anything. You asked a valid question whose answer is not obvious. I was curious about this myself because I wondered if I could transfer a dictionary I bought from an old device to a new one. That's how I found out that it wasn't allowed.

I think you could only be accused of asking how to pirate the dictionaries if you specifically asked for instructions on how to circumvent the DRM.

Lykke · 08-11-2019, 03:16 AM

No worries, I can be overly sensitive sometimes.

I figured out that I can buy the dictionary in question from ABBYY Lingvo and then convert it with Pocketbook's dictionary converter.

08-10-2019, 07:34 AM	#1
Lykke Groupie Posts: 158 Karma: 182076 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Transferring a dictionary from one Pocketbook to another One of my friends recently got a Touch Lux 3,and while I have the same model, hers was produced only a year ago and mine in 2016. I've been missing an English to Norwegian dictionary, and she has one on her newer model, but I don't. Is there a way to transfer a dictionary from one device to another?

08-10-2019, 11:53 AM	#4
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I did not mean to sound like I was accusing you of anything. You asked a valid question whose answer is not obvious. I was curious about this myself because I wondered if I could transfer a dictionary I bought from an old device to a new one. That's how I found out that it wasn't allowed. I think you could only be accused of asking how to pirate the dictionaries if you specifically asked for instructions on how to circumvent the DRM. Last edited by rkomar; 08-10-2019 at 11:56 AM.

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08-10-2019, 09:34 AM	#2
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	No. The commercial dictionaries have license files tied to the device, specifically to stop what you are asking for.

08-11-2019, 03:16 AM	#5
Lykke Groupie Posts: 158 Karma: 182076 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Kobo Libra 2	No worries, I can be overly sensitive sometimes. I figured out that I can buy the dictionary in question from ABBYY Lingvo and then convert it with Pocketbook's dictionary converter.